Patents by Inventor Peter Chpak

Peter Chpak has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for detecting distraction and a downward vertical head pose in a vehicle
    Patent number: 10089543
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting a head pose in a vehicle including receiving images of a vehicle occupant located in the vehicle from an imaging device and selecting facial feature points from a plurality of facial feature points extracted from the images. The method includes calculating a head pose point based on normalizing the selected facial feature points, determining the head pose based on a change in position of the head pose point over a period of time T, and controlling one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle based on the head pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kin C. Fung, Peter Chpak, Timothy J. Dick, Dhanashree Palande
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DISTRACTION AND A DOWNWARD VERTICAL HEAD POSE IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180032825
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting a head pose in a vehicle including receiving images of a vehicle occupant located in the vehicle from an imaging device and selecting facial feature points from a plurality of facial feature points extracted from the images. The method includes calculating a head pose point based on normalizing the selected facial feature points, determining the head pose based on a change in position of the head pose point over a period of time T, and controlling one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle based on the head pose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Kin C. Fung, Peter Chpak, Timothy J. Dick, Dhanashree Palande